282 PROF. OLIVER ON NEW PLANTS FROM RORAIMA. 



valiclus, | unciam crassus, rarnosa. Folia coriacea brevia ovata obtusa, 1^ ad f unciam 

 longa, f lata, vaginis rugosis vix uncialibus. Panicula abrupte deflexa, ramis duobus 

 flexuosis 1 ad 2^ uncias longis. Flores parvi carnosi, 8 in ramo, dissiti. Bracteae 

 ovataB cucullatae subobtusae. Sepala lanceolata carinata. Petala angusta lanceolata 

 quam sepala diinidio breviora, et paullo tenuiora. Labellum cymbiforme, ovaturn, 

 cordatum, carnosum. Columua brevis. 

 Top of Koraima. The affinity of this plant is with E. frigidum, Linden. 



299. Epedendrum Imthurnii, Ridley, n. sp. (Plate XLVI. A. figs. 1-6.) Caulis gracilis 

 teres parum ramosus ultra 7-uncialis. Folia angusta lineari-lanceolata coriacea cari- 

 nata, unciam longa, | unciam lata, vaginis rugosis. Racemi 2 vel 3, defiexi, vix 

 unciales, sex-flori. Plores parvi, tenues. Bracteae ovatae, pedicelli f aequantes. Pedi- 

 celli -J-unciales. Sepala lanceolata oblonga obtusa curva, circiter •§ unciam longa. 

 Petala iinearia angusta uninervia. Labellum ovatum cordatum cymbiforme, basi 

 angustatum. Columna gracilis paullo recurva. Anthera pileata subconica obtusa. 

 Capsula fusiformis. 

 Top of Roraima. 



322. Epedendrum montigena, Ridley, n. sp. Caulis teres gracilis, ultra semipedalis. Folia 

 elliptica lanceolata mucronata carinata, unciam longa, | lata, vaginis f-uncialibus 

 riigosis. Racemi defiexi multiflori, baud ramosi, circiter 3 uncias longi. Flores parvi, 

 tenues. Bracteae ovatse subacutse patentes. Sepala lanceolata, ovata falcata, j unciam 

 longa. Petala angustiora lanceolata. Labellum cymbiforme, late cordatum, carnosum. 

 Ledge and top. 



51. Epedendrum durum, Lindl. Our house. 



360. Epedendrum vioeascens, Ridley, n. sp. (Plate XLVI. B. figs. 7-10.) Caulis semi- 

 pedalis gracilis foliis distichis tectus. Eolia brevia lanceolata crassiuscula recurva, \ 

 unciam longa, vaginis superiorum violaceis. Panicula erecta gracilis 5-uncialis, ramis 

 paucis tenuibus. Elores pauci perparvi. Bracteae lanceolatae breves recurvse. 

 Sepalum posticum lanceolatum obtusum trinerve, lateralia basi connata, et ad basin 

 labello adnata, lanceolata obliqua, apicibus excurvis, trinervia. Petala Iinearia 

 angusta uninervia. Labellum rotundatum subreniforme, marginibus serrulatis; 

 costae tres elevatae, versus apices attenuatae. Columna crassiuscula. 

 Top of Roraima. 



304. Epedendrum, sp. Ledge, 7500 ft. 



80. Cattleya Lawrence ana, Reichb. f. Prom the locality given, I believe this 

 to be C. pumila, Schomb., Reise Brit. Guian. p. 1068 (non Hooker). There is 

 a picture of it among Schomburgk's drawings preserved in the British Museum. 

 Roraima. 



55. Cyrtopodium parvielorum, Lindl. Roraima, 4000 ft. 



61. Koeelensteinia Kellneriana, Reichb. f. Roraima, 4000 ft. 



50. Zygopetalum Burkei, Reichb. f. Our house. 



